So the cold method is mean? How about boiling water... but seriously I once had an over heating issue, took out my tank and I was told they would have felt no pain. There body temp. rises they go into a comma type state and it's pretty much over. That was with a slow rise in temp. Boiling water I'd say they'd be done in a split second.

I've also read fish don't really feel pain the way humans do so I don't think it is a real issue. Whatever method makes 'you' more comfortable is the one to use I would guess.

Dave ( no... I have never tried the deliberate boil method)

I hate that argument.. I can counter with a stupid philosophical argument that can't be argued against: nobody feels pain like I do. Mine really hurts, you guys just make noises and squeal but it's not like mine. "Pain" is the CNS informing the body in unsubtle terms that there is something happening that is threatening the organism. Whether or not it's "ow" for fish or something else, it's still that signal.

BTW, if anybody read that link I posted on page 1, it suggests freezing water for tropical fish and boiling water for coolwater fish (like goldfish and carp). I did the freezing method with a couple of discus that were doing the typical "I'm a stupid discus and wanna take a year to die" thing.. I threw an ice cream bucket of water in the freezer until it had about an inch of ice on the surface, then broke it away and plopped the fish in. He twitched once. Apparently the enormous shock will actually blast their nervous system instantaneously, but that claim is about as strong as fish not feeling pain, or DEAD_BY_DAWN being human.

The truth is i pay a midget $4.75 to bite there heads off and spit them at me.

You're comparing a warm blooded animal to a cold blooded one. It's totally not the same. Fish do not shiver to death and die from hypothermia. Their metabolisms just slow down to compensate for the temperature and they literally just 'fall asleep.' Now shoving a dog into a freezer is another issue...

...and I got scolded for asking about a cat.

But take it from me its worth the extra $3.00 :biggrin:

I know my dog wouldn't fit in my freezer, so I'd have to whack him with a rock.
Anyone considered the quick journey to the floor from about shoulder height? That would be quick.

Well i guess for those of you with small breads a packet of gravel would work quite well.

I'd say that fish can sense/feel temperature. I'm guessing that this prevents them from swimming towards non-tropical waters. If cold water doesn't stress them, then they would unknowingly migrate into cold or arctic waters (and die) which they clearly don't do. So that's why I think they would be stressed in the freezer before they die. I would agree with John and whack them on the head. I don't know about club soda. Its like being dunked into acid. shock shock. PH shock at least for a period of time before death.

is it wrong that Im sitting here eating my oreo ice cream laughing hystericially..... :mrgreen: